The Role of Frontex in Enhancing Transborder Security of the European Union
The Role of Frontex in Enhancing Transborder Security of the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The Frontex Agency is one of the key institutions of the European Union (EU) as a coordinator of the cooperation on transborder security at the national and European levels. The activity of Frontex relates to the broad acquis communautaire of the area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ). The migration crisis, and particularly the lack of European solidarity and the dependence on the will of individual member states, revealed the operational limitations of the agency and its ineffectiveness in the assigned scope of competence. Its mandate was consequently reformed to include the initiative to organise missions. The agency itself was transformed into the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCGA) but kept the shortened name of Frontex. The new institution came to life as a partnership between Frontex and member state authorities responsible for border management. Frontex continues to support states in emergencies, however, it fails to provide a permanent guarantee of transborder security of the EU. The research problem addressed in this study centres on the activity of Frontex and its role in ensuring transborder security in the EU. The theoretical foundations are backed with an analysis of source materials (legal texts), media reports and observations of the agency’s development.

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